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• For your consideration • [1 MIN READ] A Saturday SRC runner introduced me to Mario Fraioli, The Morning Shakeout podcaster. Rudder Bunny observed that one big thing of his is community in running. Well, hey, our Growlers Group Run thing is community in running! With one of his guests, he got into defining the … More Run Crew vs. Run Club (#279: 2024’10’23’W)
• More rewards of running with SRC • [1½ MIN READ] SRC attendance numbers have been swelling with the onset of fall racing season. Ask around and you’ll find Harrisburg (11’10’U), Philadelphia (11’24’U), Rehoboth Beach (12’07’S), and even Honolulu (12’08’U) Marathons in the mix. A bunch of Shawmont runners also do Rehoboth Beach Half Marathon … More Run Report: End of the Road Half Marathon (#170: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/19/24)
• When the original doesn’t quite make it • [1½ MIN READ] While weekly attendance photos have become de rigueur, a photo theme isn’t necessarily as typical. This last week’s photo was exceptional. The panoramic shot felt in order, with the understanding that no one would move. Here’s what happened the last time, a few … More The Attendance Photo – Director’s Cut (#278: 2024’10’16’W)
• And talking about them • [2 MIN READ] As circumstances would have it, the make up of GGR has been shifting in the last months. I can claim no direct influence on that shift. I’m just an observer and commentator. In this case, I’m talking about a shift in the direction of Asian-ness that … More Thinking About Group Ethnicity and Racial Make Up (#277: 2024’10’09’W)
• Why? Why not? • [1½ MIN READ] One of my standard questions to GGR club newbies is, “What’s your running like?” It’s just helpful to know where people are so that all of us club members can encourage each other. It helps to build the sense of community. Lately we’ve gotten a few newbies, … More Marathon Training, Again? (#276: 2024’10’02’W)
• Not mine • [2 MIN READ] The Growlers Group Run “belongs” to Jenkintown Running Company. The store opened in 1981 and hung out a shingle inviting runners to use it as a starting place for weekly workouts. I didn’t start running with the group until the year I started running, period, in 2011. Groups … More Whose Running Club Is This? (#275: 2024’09’25’W)
• Thoughts on an article • [1 MIN READ] What I’ve always loved about running is that there are really very few equipment needs—except for one thing: running shoes. Here’s a New York Times article about that very thing: What You Do (and Don’t) Need in a Running Shoe. You can agree or not about … More Running Paraphernalia: Shoes (#169: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/5/24)
• By running • [2 MIN READ] Long running has allowed me to do some serious exploration of various localities, including Philadelphia. Most of that running has been of the out-and-back and loop varieties. After all, you generally have to get back to where you started. However, point-to-point can also be an extremely practical type … More Jenkintown to Chinatown (#274: 2024’09’18’W)
• Not really • [2 MIN READ] Already at least 10 years ago, a long-time friend and I were among a few others comparing notes about the things that were going wrong as we were aging. In closing, Friend uttered the immortal quote: “It sucks to grow old.” When running with SRC folk, I’ve taken … More It Sucks to Grow Old (#167: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/7/24)
• With a couple of other SRC-ers • [1½ MIN READ] To me, community deepens through conversation. With the breadth of abilities and knowledge represented in SRC, there’s so much to gain. Not long ago, I had a chance to learn about wholesaling and new-product promotion through Teddio (If you don’t know what I’m talking … More The Way I See It (#168: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/14/24)
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